Posts tagged Early Action
Hard won lessons: A decade review bringing about systemic change in children's services
Hard won lessons: A decade review bringing about systemic change in children's services

At the Lab, we’ve been developing and refining our approach to facilitating systemic change, by generating and integrating diverse evidence of what children and young people need and want. We have had varying degrees of success. We’re releasing our report from the Early Action Project in Renfrewshire to both reflect on our experiences of trying to bring about systemic change in children’s services and encourage others to learn from our approach, to support the long-term sustainability of systems change that is both wanted and needed.

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News, Publications, ReflectionBLOGKate, systems change, Early Action, Rachel Lily, Kate Tobin, Scotland, Renfrewshire
How we’re Changing Up the system to respond to what young people want and need
How we’re Changing Up the system to respond to what young people want and need

From training packs for teachers on how to respond to disclosures of abusive relationships, to resources for young people on how to recognise the signs of coercive control, there’s something for everyone to feel better educated on both topics and empowered to take action so that young people and families have their needs met. We’ll be celebrating and sharing the exciting work these young changemakers have been designing – in person – at the #ChangeUp Exhibition in Paisley. This exhibition, open to everyone in Renfrewshire and beyond, is packed with the innovations designed by and for young people and system leaders, to inspire all of us to educate, empower and equalise systems to tackle coercive control and take early action on mental wellbeing.

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NewsBLOGresilience, Evidence, research, mental health, lockdown, Parents, families, evaluation, Design, coercive control, Renfrewshire, children, Early Action, Systems Thinking, systems change, Catherine-rose
Early Action: Learning from young people
Early Action: Learning from young people

This year, the Lab, in partnership with Renfrewshire Council, Engage and Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership, hosted a Learning day for the Early Action Systems Change initiative in Renfrewshire. The initiative aims to address two priority challenges: emotional wellbeing of children and young people, and coercive control in adolescent relationships. Ruth Wallace, System Change Lead Officer, from Renfrewshire Council explores what was learned that day, and what is means for the future of the area …

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ReflectionBLOGGuest, Rapid Cycle Testing, Service Design, Young people, coercive control, relationships, friendships, mental health, wellbeing, Early Action, Renfrewshire, Scotland